SASUINO DAY 3: BAKERY AU
Sasuke is exhausted. His bones are aching as he makes the walk to the busy street of Konoha. He looks at his phone and finds no text back from the person he's been thinking about all week.
He and Naruto discovered the humble bakery on the busy street when he was running late to his mom's birthday party. He had forgotten to buy her a present, and although he knew his mother would forgive him, he didn't want to disappoint her, so he did his best to find the perfect gift.
It was purely by chance that Itachi sent him a text saying that the cake they ordered was not coming and so asked him if he could buy one on his way.
That's when he saw the Yamanaka Bakery on the busy street of their town.
The cashier, a blonde woman who looked the same age as them, listened to his back and forth with Naruto on what was the best cake for his mother.
"I got the perfect one." the blonde winked. She went inside the store for awhile and returned with a box containing a chocolate cake engraved with elegant and simple decorations. "Tell your mother happy birthday for me."
His mother loved his gift and asked him where he got it. It led him to buy baked goods from the shop more often and led to a friendship with Ino, the owner and creator of the baked goods his family and him adore so much.
And weren't they starting to teeter into a different territory when he asked Ino to be his plus one to a wedding and when Ino casually invited him to her birthday party four days ago?
Of course he would come, but alas, he was dragged against his will by his father to some faraway place to help with his campaign.
Maybe he was arrogant. He was sure that he would be back before her birthday, but campaigning took longer than he thought, and he didn't get to send her a message because there was no signal at all.
He missed her already, and Itachi was quick to notice his worsening mood. When Itachi found out what was bothering him, he quickly arranged to have him sent home with the excuse of their mother missing him.
Which led to his quest to go to Ino. He dodges people as he walks faster. He pursues his lip when he found no reply from her still. He tried calling her, but she wasn't answering.
He feels like he blew his chance of being with her, which added to his exhaustion. He feels so tired that he feels like he's going to faint. He wants to sleep, and he will do just that.
His phone beeps with a message from Ino.
It's okay, don't worry about it. I'm still at the bakery. Are you coming or not?
But certainly not before spending time with Ino.